Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Tatiana felt like she was being plunged into an icy abyss, with a hurricane of cold sweeping through her chest. The flush of embarrassment on her cheeks drained away, leaving her face pale.

As she looked into Sinead's tear-filled eyes, she saw through her pretense and detected the disdain in her heart.

In the past, she might have turned and fled, hiding in a corner and wallowing in self-pity and tears. But this time, an inexplicable courage surged within her—a courage to face the Lynches directly.

She loved Sean. That was all.

Was love wrong? Why should she bow down to them?

If she ran away in disgrace now, wouldn't she be tacitly agreeing that what Sinead said was true?

"Ms. Tatiana, do you understand what I'm saying?" Sinead still appeared frail and helpless, but her tone was icy.

Sean's shoulders trembled with anger. The veins in his neck bulged as if about to burst. "You can vent your anger at me! How dare you speak to the woman I love like this? What has Taty done to deserve this treatment from you?"

like that? This

both anger and bewilderment—bewildered by the abrupt transformation

was too intimidating. She had diverted his son's

at Tatiana. "What did I do? I was just having a

you're still his flesh and blood. You've received a high-level education since childhood. You're understanding, considerate, and reasonable. I

shouldn't force him to choose between love and family or condemn him to a life without

Under tremendous anger,

who had raised

had such possessiveness and a desire for

this maternal

Spencer's pupils contracted slightly.

much. But if she didn't act like this, how could the Lynch family save their dignity? How